It sounds like we are on the verge of a new generation of piano technology - for strength - and - sound. Duaine perrys piano restorations wrote: > Thanks for the inquiry... I hope to have audio soon! I am scheduled > to hire a recording studio to set up and cut a cd in a couple of > months. As for the plate, what a project this was! It is a stacked > weldment of advanced high strength steel, bonded with carbon fiber > panels, and a flexible resin matrix to hold the decorative carving > on. The flexible resin is time tested succesfully in salt water for > over 55 years. This plate will not absorb near the flexing, and this > is expected to last almost 200 years. (I'll be gone by then). > anyway, it comes in at 1/3 the weight of a standard 9' plate, with > higher stiffness, and nearly the exact yield strength. Fatigue > properties will also be good on this design. All fitted steel parts > are tabbed and notched to mechanically fit together prior to welding, > so that stress is not on welds, but shear strength of the steel > itself. It took my shop over 1,000 hours to produce this plate. > > I will release more information at some point soon. > > God Bless, > Mark PErry -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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